July 24, 2008 / News

The Knights of Columbus organization, Mobile chapter, recently donated $1,471 to Clarke County Arc (CCARC) to be used for the purchase of equipment and supplies for the benefit of its consumers. More...

All volunteers are welcome to help with the construction of the Pine City Park playground, which will begin Sept. 10. For more information about participating, contact Nancy Mc-Donald at 246-4311 or 589- 2813. More...

LaShaunda Holly, executive director of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, recently completed her third year at Institute for Organization Management (Institute), an intensive week-long nonprofit leadership training program conducted at the Unive More...

The old Sunflower post office, located on U.S. Highway 43, is getting a facelift thanks to the efforts of David Turner (left), owner of Southern Fried Construction, and his crew, Chris Gardener (center) and Chris Carney (right). More...

A Clarke County citizen asked county commissioners Monday why they aren't following the law by employing a license inspector and collecting license fees for all manufactured homes (mobile homes) in the county. More...

The Jackson Police Department's four chaplains attended the International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC), conducted July 7-11, in Mobile. Those from Jackson attending included Chief Chaplain the Rev. E.C. More...

At the July 17 meeting of the Washington County Board of Education, Child Nutrition Director Donzetta Thompson announced that it may become necessary later in the school year to raise the cost of school lunches. More...